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NEWS ITEMS 



In our March-April number appeared a note regarding an 

 advertisement by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the largest 

 tree on Long Island. Over two hundred answers were received 

 with records of over three hundred big trees. The largest tree 

 reported is a Sycamore 24 feet in circumference, the next largest 

 a White Oak, 19 feet 7 inches in circumference. 



"Game Laws for Ferns and Wild Flowers" is the title of an 

 article in the American Fern Journal for September, 1922, and 

 reprinted for distribution by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

 This describes the Vermont law for the protection of wild plants 

 and suggests similar laws for the protection of rare plants, or 

 those needing protection, in other states. 



ERRATA 



Page 20, line 4 read 1901 to 1920 instead of 1910 to 1920. 



" 44, " 19 " villosissimtim instead oi villosissimumi. 

 " 49, " 22 " Chimons instead of Chimmons. 



